US EditionTariffs On EU, Mexico Could Mean Soaring Prices On These Products
UNITED STATES AND MEXICO, JUL 14 – The U.S. Department of Commerce ended a 2019 trade deal with Mexico due to unfair practices, reimposing tariffs that protect American tomato growers and impact 50,000 Texas jobs, officials said.
- On July 14, 2025, the U.S. Department of Commerce ended the 2019 agreement regulating tomato imports and implemented tariffs of 17.09 percent on fresh tomatoes imported from Mexico.
- The termination came after the April 14 announcement and responded to ongoing issues regarding the agreement’s inability to shield American tomato producers from competitively priced imports from Mexico.
- Mexican tomatoes represented about 70 percent of the U.S. supply in 2024, sold at 74 cents per pound compared to 56 cents for American tomatoes, and the tariffs aim to counteract this price discrepancy.
- Analyst Jacob Jensen estimated the duties will cause a 6 to 10 percent price increase, adding roughly $300 million annually to consumer costs, while Texas jobs linked to tomato imports number around 50,000.
- This action could raise grocery prices and reduce tomato availability, prompting calls for renewed U.S.-Mexico talks to prevent economic disruption and preserve hundreds of thousands of related jobs.
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Will tariff on Mexican tomatoes help Tennessee farmers?
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Grocery store prices could be increasing after the U.S. government added a 17% tariff to Mexican-grown tomatoes. According to the Florida Tomato Exchange, Mexico currently supplies around 70% of the U.S. tomato market. The import tax went into effect Monday. While it is pretty easy to find a locally grown tomato right now, local farmers say that could soon be changing. “Naturally, we're not really meant to eat that …
(LPL/EN) – The United States Department of Commerce announced it will impose a 17% tariff on most fresh tomatoes imported from Mexico. The U.S. government announced on April 15 that it would withdraw, within 90 days, from the Agreement to Suspend the Antidumping Investigation on Fresh Tomatoes from Mexico, signed in 2019, which allowed Mexican producers to export tomatoes to the U.S. market without paying tariffs. Although Washington had announc…
They were asked by a court in 1996 but then always postponed thanks to a price agreement: since Monday they are at 17%
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